Posted on 12/04/2007 7:15:23 PM PST by Gondring
Chicago -- Police say they found phony passports and credit cards in the north suburban home of a man with ties to several Muslim community centers. There were so many bogus documents that Homeland Security and the FBI have been brought into the case. Investigative reporter Larry Yellen has an exclusive look at what was seized, and who called police.
Mohammed Afzal Sodagar's website referenced in the report.
From what I gather from the video...
Charges:
His attorney says he will plead not guilty.
Dr. Abdul Sattar, president of Chicago's Muslim Community Center, reportedly called Sodegar "a good man," who was "probably sending money to relatives."
$3 million Bond...and great quote from the judge (watch the video).
What a wonderful man...sending money home...sending fake passports home...sending gold bricks home.....
A yes, Morton Grove. Where it is illegal to own a firearm of any kind. Doesn’t surprise me that terrorists thrive in a socialist mecca such as exists there.
I didn’t get that quote and the website won’t let you replay it.
Muslim Ties?
I get those every darned Christmas. Feh!
In Iraq, we’d call that a “safe house”, and ransack the place.
Folks.....Please take note of the frequency that Pakistani Muslims are involved in illegal activity in the U.S....
Over and over and over again.....Pakistanis are being identified with activity that should get them shot in a time of war.....
Ping
"At a bond hearing, Judge Earl Hoffenberg said he's never seen a flight risk as great as this one, joking that the defendent has more passports than Carters has liver pills."
Mafia ties on Father's Day?
# 11 Illinois ID Cards, each with Sodegar’s photo, but each with diff nbame === Voting Democrat???
Chicago tradition: Vote early and vote often.
someone, somewhere must be putting out misinformation... Congress would declare War if there was a reason to be concerned? Right? And if an actual invasion was ongoing into the United States, would not our leaders act to stop it? Certainly Americans are not going to be fooled again by those telling Americans, there is a problem. Cause if the problem(s) were real, real action would be taken, because our leaders only want what is best for the Citizens of this Naiton. Those elected swore an oath to Protect and Defend America. Who can doubt our leaders? The experts are all saying 9/11 was faked. America did this to herself. There is no reason to be concerned. Everyone go back to sleep! Nobody has died.
Now everyone go back to sleep. There is no wolf at the door, and the monster under the bed is only in our imagination. Everyone should feel better now. Right?
Suburban man had stash of fake IDs: police
December 5, 2007
BY FRANK MAIN Crime Reporter/fmain@suntimes.com
Federal authorities have joined an investigation of a Morton Grove man caught with a cache of passports, credit cards and Illinois identification cards in his home, police said Tuesday.
Mohammed Afzal Sodagar, 51, is being held in lieu of $3 million bail on domestic battery, fraud and theft charges brought in Cook County Criminal Court.
Police seized the documents — and more than $60,000 cash and 80 ounces of gold — after responding to a report of domestic violence at his home Thursday.
His 22-year-old son told police his father struck him in the arm and threatened him with a gun, prosecutors said. The son also allegedly told police Sodagar’s only income was from credit card fraud.
Police said they did not find a gun in the home Thursday, but in a bedroom they saw envelopes stuffed with $100 bills and an open briefcase containing credit cards with other people’s names on them.
They executed a search warrant Friday and seized 11 state ID cards, 32 credit cards, 36 Social Security cards, a visa entry stamp and 12 passports for the United States, Jamaica and Pakistan, all in other names, prosecutors said.
One passport was dated 1976, said Morton Grove Police Cmdr. Brian Bolger.
Sodagar was a spokesman for the Muslim Community Center and Muslim Education Center, whose facilities are in Chicago and Morton Grove.
“We are alarmed over the alleged reports of the findings at Afzal Sodagar’s home,” the mosque said in a statement. “We urge the media to not irresponsibly associate local mosques with Mr. Sodagar’s personal situation.”
Sodagar has been removed from his positions in the mosque, the statement said.
He could not be reached for comment.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/681236,CST-NWS-passport05.article
According to an article by
Liam Ford and Carolyn Rusin | Chicago Tribune
December 5, 2007
“The investigation of a Morton Grove man charged with 22 counts of felony identity theft started when his son reported that his father had threatened to shoot him, authorities said Tuesday.
Officers were looking for weapons last week when they searched the home of Mohammad Afzal Sodagar in the 8600 block of Frontage Drive.
What they found instead were hundreds of credit cards, 11 Illinois identification cards with Sodagar’s photos — but bearing other names — on them, at least 36 Social Security cards, gold coins and bars and more than $60,000 in cash, said a spokesman for the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.” The son also said that his father did not work, according to the article.
Sleeper Cell armory and bank was found.
Thanks for posting the follow-up with more info. I was surprised I hadn’t seen more about this story.
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